What we can do for you

Information Literacy Instruction

The Library offers
course-integrated instruction designed to focus on the research and
information literacy skills needed for class assignments. Library instruction
is most beneficial when the objectives are directly related to instructional
goals and assignments and are limited to those which can be achieved in a class
session. It is not possible for students to learn how to use the Library all at
once. Instruction will be designed to meet the specific needs of your students.

If you are a faculty member at Paterson and would like to schedule your class
for instruction, please contact Elaine Goldman at egoldman@pccc.eduor call
973-684-4594.

If you are a faculty member at Wanaque
or Passaic and
would like to schedule your class for instruction, please contact Rick Perdew
at rperdew@pccc.eduor call
973-684-7934.

Please schedule any classes at
least one week in advance.

Help with
Assignments

The
more we know about your assignments, the better able we are to help your
students and to ensure the availability of materials you need. If your
students need materials and/or assistance from the Library, try and let us know
at least one week in advance what their needs might be.

Please let librarians know when you assign something that requires library research. You can submit this online form to alert us to your assignment: Assignment Alert Form.

If
more than a few of your students need help using our Library resources, we
invite you to request Information Literacy
instruction designed to meet the specific needs of your students.

Copyright is an
important issue that concerns faculty, librarians, and students. While individuals
are responsible for complying with PCCC's institutional copyright policy, librarians and
administrators at PCCC are here to assist the College community with
course-related copyright questions. Such questions might include adding and distributing previously published content in print or online.

We encourage faculty to
request resources of all types that they would like to see added to the
Library’s permanent holdings. These would include print resources (books,
journals), electronic resources (databases, ebooks, journals), and media
(audiobooks, DVDs). You may contact any of the Librarians to request resources.

The Chronicle of Higher Education & The New York Times

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the industry standard for news and information in higher education. The Library subscribes to the print and online editions. All online content is accessible from on-campus; some content is not available from off-campus.

PCCC also has a one year Academic Site License forThe New York Times, which grants all PCCC users unlimited access to nytimes.com and its smartphone apps. Follow the link for access instructions.